Purpose and Goals
Scientific research of matter at extremely high pressures, temperatures, or even plasma states is of high relevance for the understanding and description of the evolution and interiors of planets, both solar and extra-solar, and as well brown dwarfs and stars. The generation, diagnostics, and theoretical and simulational description of these extreme states of matter is a key scientific challenge of relevance to a number of scientific fields.
This meeting mostly addresses the fields of:
- Generation of matter at conditions of high pressure and high temperature using a variety of different techniques, e.g. using diamond anvil cells or dynamic laser compression.
- At even higher excitation the matter ionizes entering the state of non-ideal plasmas, which are occuring in the cores of very large planets and bigger astrophysical objects.
- Probing these states by means of x-ray pulses provided by synchrotron facilities (e.g. ESRF or PETRA III) or free electron laser facilities (e.g., LCLS, SACLA or European XFEL).
- Development of new diagnostic and analytic tools.
- Predictions of high pressure and temperature properties of materials from ab-initio methods.
This workshop series has been established by DESY, European XFEL, DLR Berlin, the University of Rostock and Bayerisches Geoinstitut to bring together researchers from these fields in physical sciences, to discuss related topics, and develop common concepts for future developments.
The following topics will be part of the workshop:
- Dynamic and ultrafast processes in strongly excited matter
- Compression experiments using high-power optical and free electron lasers
- Laboratory experiments using multi-anvil and diamond-anvil cells
- Ab-initio simulation studies for matter under extreme conditions
- Equations of state, petrology, and chemistry of planetary materials
- Melting and phase relations of materials at extreme conditions
- Evolution and structure of giant planet interiors
- Structure, composition, and internal dynamics of solid planets
- Physics and chemistry of impact processes
The workshop will include a mix of solicited, contributed and poster presentations. This meeting is also intended to inspire new projects and offer a discussion space to foster collaboration between workshop participants from the various research fields.
The program can be found in the pdf below (tbd).
Invited Speakers:
- Celine Crepisson, University of Oxford
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Jie Deng, Princeton University
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Eric Edmund, University of Münster
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Jean-Alexis Hernandez, ESRF Grenoble
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Rachel Husband, DESY Hamburg
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Dominik Kraus, University of Rostock
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Daisuke Murayama, Osaka University
Time and Location
The workshop will start on September 22nd (time tbd) and end on September 24th (time tbd) 2025. It will be held at European XFEL - Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany. There is no registration fee.
In case of questions please contact local organizers (Nicoletta Mattioli & Thomas Tschentscher) or the program chair (Gerd Steinle-Neumann).
